The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25

no nahE ruin, 1strengthng n Q mans
adv6rsitE hit Striking tbs. earth, no
her sprilgidg breast and filing his
veins from her flowing fountains.
Stirred not by passion, poisoned not
by envy, troubled not by ambition, oqt
tranquil, deep breathed, standing stall.
wart and independent in the sweat OF
his brow as he locks the sunshine in
the golden glory Of his harvest and
spreads the showers in the verdure OF
his fields, conscious Of the integrity OF
his labor that enriches man while it
honors God.
He then discussed the cotton plant
1and,is enormous revenue to the south.
Of cotton he said =: y
"What a royal plant it is. The
world waits in attendance on its
growth. The shower that falls whis-
perTrg on it's leaves is heard around
the earth. The sun that shines on it
lis tempered by the prayersFof all PEG.
pie. sf9Thef rostjthat chiHs it and dew
ethat-descends from the stars'is noted
anid the trespass of a little worm on its
green leaf is moreito England than the
advance of the Russian army on her
Asian outposts. It is gold from the
instant it puts fourth its. tiny shoot.
Its fibre is ctrrant in every bank, and
when loosing it's 1eeces to the sun it
floats it's snowy banner that glorifes
the field Of the humble farmer, that
man is marshalled under a flag that
will compel the allegiance Of The world
and wiring a subsidy from every nation
on earth"
He then said that this income was
fixed and peculiar to the south. Not
hers this year and her neighbours the
next, but hers every year.
"The heritage that God gave to this
people forever as their own when he
arched our skies, established our
mountains, girt us about with the
ocean, loosed the breezes, tempered
the sunshine and measured the rain.
Ours and our children's forever. AS
| princely talent as ever came from His
hand to mortal stewardship"
MI. Grady then said: b.
&c If this enormous revenue of four
hundred million dollars per annum
could be kept at home, if the supplies
| that we eat were raised on our farms,
and the articles we buy were manufac-
tured in our cities, in ten years the
cotton states would be the richest sec
ton of the globe" =
He then showed that the cities were
doing their part in keeping at home
this enormous revenue. He said
"There are 23O, 900 artisans at work
in the south today that were not here
in 1880, and this does not include the
thousands that are building new enter
prises. We manufactured last year
1913, 900, 900 worth Of articles that six
years following the cotton exposition
l73 new cotton mile have been built
in the south, starting 1000, 900 new
spindles. The south is witnessing to-
day an industrial revolution for which
history has no precedent. Figures
do not measure it and amazement. is
simply limited by comprehension. If
the, Piedmont exposition can fairly
epitomize it, that show will be the
miracle Of the day. At every turn we
stop the outflow of money. Six years
ago Georgia bought l66, 900 tons of
commercial fertilizers, for which she
paid seven million dollars, every dol
lar of which went north. Last year
she used 16O, 600 tons, of which 1885,
900 tons were made in Georgia, of
Carolina phosphates, Georgia cotton
meal and sulphuric acid reduced from
natural iron pyrites. Thus one state
in one item has checked the outflow
of six million dollars per annum and
willfdouble the capacity of her@facto-
ries in another year. Twenty years
ago we wasted three million, tons of
cotton seed by dumping in: the river
OF burning it, Last year we run
eight hundred thousand tons through
one hundred and forty-six oil mills.
extracting eight million dollars worth
Of oil refined into fourteen million dol
lars value and turned back the cotton
meal to the farmer, better for food or
fertilizer than before it was robbed Of
it's oil. One company is now building
ten oil mills in the south that will
treat next season two hundred thou
sand tons Of seed making one million
tons or one third Of the crop, and pro-
ducing ten million dollars worth Of
crude oil. The fertilizin.g value of the
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